Planter.



A. E. SWANBERG.

PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB-161 1918.

Patented 0013.1,1918.

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' a citizen of the United States, residing at,

. AARON Er SWAN BERG, 0F CASS LAKE, MINNESOTA.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, AARON E. SwANBERe,

Cass Lake, in the county of Cass and State of Minnesota, have inventednew and useful,

Improvements in Planters, of which the following is a specification.This invention relates to hand planters and it consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described andclaimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a planter of the characterstatedwhich is especially adapted to be used for deposit ing seed in thesoil although the implement may be used to advantage for formmg anopening or pocket in the soil in which propagated plants ma be placedwhen the same are set out in a eld or patch.

With this object in view the planter comprises a casing having a conicalend portion and an angular flange located at a point between its ends.The said casing is hollow and is closed at one end by means of a cap. Arod is slidably mounted in the cap and traverses the length of thecasing and is pro vided at its lower end with a cone shaped head adaptedto normally close the lower end of the casing. A pin is mounted upon thecap and a knob is screw threaded thereon. A washer is mounted upon therod and interposed between the knob and the pin and a spring bears atone end against the. washer and at its other end against the cap and isunder tension with a tendency to hold the knob away from the pin and thehead which is carried by the rod against the lower end of the casing.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is aside elevation of the planter;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.

The planter includes a casing 1 which is hollow and the said casing isprovided at its lower end with a cone shaped portion 2. At the upper endof the cone shaped portion 2, the casing 1 is provided with an angularflange 3. A cap 4 normally closes the upper Specification of LettersPatent.

PLANTER.

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Application filed February 16, 1918. Serial No. 217,609.

justed in position upon the rod. -A washer whereby the head 6'is held ina closed position against the lower end of the casing 1. The casing 1 ispreferably formed from wood and the head 6 is preferably made ofhardened steel or similar material.

When the implement is used for forming a pocket or opening in the groundfor the reception of a propagated plant the head 6 remains in a closedposition against the lower end of the casing 1 and the conical portionof the said casing together with the head 6 is inserted in the soiluntil the flange 3 comes in contact with the surface of the soil. Theimplement is then withdrawn from the soil thus leaving a pocket oropening therein in which may be deposited a plant and the soil may becrushed or deposited about the roots of the plant thus accomplishing theplanting operation.

When the implement is used for depositing seed in the ground the cap 1is removed and the seed is spilled into the casing 1. The knob 8 is thenadjusted upon the rod 51:0 regulate the movement of the said rod withrelation to the casing when the knob is de pressed. The lower portion ofthe casing is then inserted in the soil as hereinbefore described andwhen the flange 3 comes in contact with the surface of the soil the knob8 is depressed whereby the rod 5 is moved longitudinally and thismovement is limited by the washer 9 coming in contact with the upper endof the pin 7. As a result of the movement of the rod 5 the head 6 ismoved away from the lower end of the casing 1 and hence the lower end ofthe said casing is opened and the seed may gravitate from the easingintothe opening or pocket which has been formed in the soil.

When pressure is removed from the knob 8 the rod 5 is moved in an upwarddirection through the casing 1 and the head 6 is brought to a closedposition against the lower end of the said casing. The said casing isthen removed from the soil and the &

s upon the T021 5"theefi'ten't of movement of V the rod 5 with relation'to wbheweasingr 1 may be regulated and consequently the head 6 may bemoved for a greater or less extent away 1 from the lower end of theeasing and From the diot'egoingzdes-eriptim taken in" qonj unetionx with==the :wceomp angun'gv drawing, it will be seen thate planter.- 05Esimple hm-211316: structure is. provitlecl a'nil' that thexsmnemaywbeused to advantage: f'or forming pockets in. the soil for propztgaltezlGbpies bf'th ie"patehtkmaiy bef ohtained fidr-nw'rewemts eah, hy;addressing the'Commissibner of Batents,

- Washington;). -G" K I h i plants ancl also for depositing seed in thesoil.

- Httfing'tleseribetlinvention What is cla med is:

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